So the pope decides God's laws? How does that work?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070420/ts_nm/pope_limbo_dc

Answer 1

The mission of the Magisterium is linked to the definitive nature of the covenant established by God with his people in Christ. It is this Magisterium's task to preserve God's people from deviations and defections and to guarantee them the objective possibility of professing the true faith without error. Thus, the pastoral duty of the Magisterium is aimed at seeing to it that the People of God abides in the truth that liberates. To fulfill this service, Christ endowed the Church's shepherds with the charism of infallibility in matters of faith and morals. The exercise of this charism takes several forms:

For more information please go to this link and look for section 888 and following.
http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3art9p4.htm
Peace and every blessing!

Answer 2

How it works varies on many levels. A Pope can just declare it, with no conferences, no white papers, no consultations.

Generally, however, the Pope (or Church) usually commissions a study by generally a conservative person or group and then the high ranking Cardinals might get called in for consultations, but then the Pope still makes the final decision, it's just that others may know it long in advance, but if the Pope does it off the cuff, no one knows or is ready for it.

Answer 3

The Pope does not "decide God's laws". But Christ did entrust His mission (and doctrine) to the Catholic Church, and especially to St. Peter and the successors of St. Peter. It is not a question of "deciding God's laws". It is a matter of preserving the fullness of the Christian Faith. The Pope is at the service of the Faith. He never acts against it. His role is that of Guardian of the Faith. Limbo never was an official doctrine of the Faith. It was the opinion of several theologians. But theologians' opinions are not what constitutes Faith.

Instead of seeing the Pope as being in opposition with the Faith, maybe one should try to see how the Pope serves the Truth and helps to maintain the treasure of Truth confided by Christ to His Church.

I hope this helps you.

Answer 4

The pope is NOT the head of Christ's Church, Christ is!

What the popes are..the son(s) of perdition that the scriptures spoke of...the "man of sin" is passed from one pope into another...just as the devil entered Judas Iscariot..he now lives in the popes..

Dan 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

Answer 5

I think you misunderstand a bit.

The Church has pondered the suggestion of Limbo for a few hundred years and has decided that it is not a good idea. Limbo was never official doctrine.

Jesus said, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved." (Mark 16:15-16)

For centuries, people have wondered about children who died before they were baptized. The Bible does not explicitly state that they will go to heaven.

Limbo was suggested as the place where unbaptized babies went when they died. This idea was never official Church doctrine and has been rejected.

The Church now says that it is not sure what happens to unbaptized babies when they die but she entrusts them to the mercy of God.

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

The council of Trent which took place in the mid 1500's declared that the Pope acted on Gods authority and the Catholic church was heaven to the saints. So basically now we can go through the bible and list a million things the Catholic church does that contradict the word of God but because of this act it doesn't matter...what the Pope says is rule

Answer 7

Sin is a ideological concept. you may go with to stick to any faith you go with, and stick to its regulations however the concept which you're responsible of a few thing your ancestor did hundreds of years in the past (undergo in suggestions there's a conversing snake in this tale) and thanks to you may choose to settle for a sacrifice made on your behalf hundreds of years in the past. to bathe this imaginary stain off your soul (that's yet another imaginary concept made up by guy) IS stupid and immoral. in case you commit an offense you're able to desire to pay the cost, something is immoral, and blood is a awful cleansing product. this entire concept is primitive superstition.

Answer 8

How is HOPING 'deciding God's laws'?

"The conclusion of this study is that there are theological and liturgical reasons to hope that infants who die without baptism may be saved and brought into eternal happiness even if there is not an explicit teaching on this question found in revelation."

Answer 9

Not just that, he can actually change reality or history by simply saying so. Turns out that the billions of souls thought to be in limbo, never really were. Tomorrow, I'm hoping that he will declare that the mass ceremony is really supposed to be whiskey and pop-tarts.

Answer 10

limbo was not a law of the church,it was a theological interpretation that was never defined by the church,included in church law are accepted as church doctrine.

as for the papacy try this link for a detailed explanation of why we have a pope and the authority of the pope.

http://www.scripturecatholic.com/index.html